Issue 173 £800 for Brownies & Rainbows Flag Raised for Common- Wealth Day
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She gets everything she wants Bee www.solwaybuzz.co.uk bySolway Evie Myers from Holme St Cuthbert School Buzz April 2019 local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you FREEFREE PAPERPAPER Issue 173 £800 for Brownies & Rainbows Flag Raised for Common- wealth Day Pictured above are Silloth to flourish. The money was Golf Club Captain Malcolm raised during the Banty Trot 2019 Events Wise and Banty Trot Organiser Christmas Golf Day at Silloth Lenny Hodgins, handing over Golf Club. 26th May two cheques for £400 each to Special mention must go to Silloth 1st Brownies & Silloth both Steven Fraser and Johnny Silloth Green Day Rainbows. Martin for their tireless work The money will be used to on the day managing their fund 8th + 9th June help the two groups to continue raising activities so successfully. Silloth Vintage Rally 23rd to 25th August Could You Solfest Be King or 26th August Silloth Carnival Queen? 5th to 8th September See page 10 Music & Beer Festival Read the story on page 10 Page 4 Page 6 Page 7 Page 9 Page 19 Page 20 Sophie’s hair-raising £400 Happy Birthday Connie Exiles Donate £250 to RNLI Zoe’s Kids Project Lady Captain’s donation Abbeytown Girls on Top The Solway Buzz is a FREE community paper with a circulation of up to 5,500 copies for the area around Abbeytown, Skinburness, Silloth-on-Solway and Mawbray Page 2 Issue 173 Solway Buzz - local news - for you - by you - about you - free to you £1,080 Raised for Pensioners Coffee Mornings Mist or Report by: Jean Day the day, the Coffee Morning on It was lovely to see so many 2nd March was very well attended, familiar faces at the first Coffee and everyone got to go home in Fog? Charity in Memory by Ralph Pickering Morning of this New Year, the sunshine, even though it did (with assistance from BBC2!) especially on such a cold morning. not last. The cake stall did good of Shaun Bell Coffee was free this morning as business as usual and because “Oh, wasn’t it foggy the other a thank you for the continued of the very generous donations morning?” said I. support of all our friends, but the from so many visitors to the Hall “No, that was just a bit of mist” cake, bric a brac, and raffle did a good raffle was held. Winners was the answer I was given. brisk business. were - Edna Allison, Pauline Mole, “Well what is the difference Thanks to all the generous Pam Blaylock, Joyce Musgrave, between mist and fog?” said I. donations there were nine raffle Mary Eccles, Dorothy Maxwell, The answer to this never- winners today - Dorothy Maxwell, Di Wallace, Margaret Mattinson, ending question could be given by Elizabeth Reeves, Eddie Maybury, Sheila Beaty and Margo Pattinson. the Met Office. It is really quite Margaret Mattinson, Joan Bowe, We look forward to seeing simple; fog is when visibility is less Pat Froggatt, Maureen Carr, Mary everyone again at the next Coffee than a kilometre; mist is when you Hoskins and Maureen Gray. Morning on Saturday, 6th April, can see further than that! Despite a damp, misty start to all are welcome. “Well, is that all clear now?” RNLI Quiz Night Raises £353 On the 3rd February this year Barbara almost ten years to the a well known face in the town, day of his passing, and has left Shaun Bell, sadly passed away his children Jennifer, Shaun and peacefully in the Cumberland Martin and the rest of the family Infirmary, Carlisle, after a battle brokenhearted but at peace, with cancer. Shaun was a ‘local knowing their mam and dad are lad’ born and raised in Silloth now reunited together. by his Mam with eight siblings. Shaun will be a great miss Everyone in Silloth will most to many and Silloth has lost a likely remember Shaun for being true ‘legend’. The family would that could not get a place. A huge Girls. £353 was raised which is a great ‘character’ and one of the like to say a huge thank you to Report by: Margaret English thank you to David and Carol about £5 more than last year. friendliest blokes around who was everyone for all the cards, kind Once again, the RNLI Quiz at Mrs Wilson’s who welcomed Finally, a very special thank always saying hello to everyone words, messages and donations Night was held at Mrs Wilson’s everybody warmly and kept you to everyone who came along (regardless if he knew them or not) at the service which raised a Cafe in Silloth on Friday 1st everyone well-watered throughout and joined in the fun testing their always putting others first. fantastic £1,080, which has been February. the evening. At half time they put memories. As well as a great Dad, Granda split between Cancer Research Thirteen quiz teams gathered to on a lovely supper of sandwiches and friend to many, Shaun was UK and the Pentecostal Church, compete in the quiz. As usual Geoff and chips, which was thoroughly known as the ‘Peoples Mechanic’ West Silloth (or as Shaun refereed and Sarah Betsworth were setting enjoyed by everyone. The Silloth and could always been seen to it ‘The mission’). Also a special the wide variety of questions and and District RNLI Fundraising ‘working’ from his garage, fag in thanks to the incredible Margaret running the evening. Our grateful group thank everyone at Mrs mouth and cuppa in one hand, Gate, David Mounsey Funeral thanks to them both for their Wilson’s for making the evening a stopping everyone that passed to Director, Stanwix Holiday Park hard work, which is very much great success. ask how they were doing and tell and Alison Henderson for catering appreciated as it isn’t an easy task. The winning team was James’ them his ‘terrible’ jokes, which he of the wake. The event was very Gang with 72 points, well ahead of was well known for. 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Therefore, Allerdale residents are encouraged to look Borough Council is making carefully at their new bin calendar changes to the way recycling when it arrives in a few weeks’ collections to homes are made – time. The time bin-crews visit may and residents are being encouraged also be different than residents to look out for the new bin or box have been used to. Report by: Penny Stimson which will be delivered to their The changes are due to start on On the 26th January 2019 homes over the next few weeks. 1 April 2019, with residents asked St Andrews Hall was transformed, The new service, which to use the new bins and boxes once we had the Scottish flags flying will be delivered in partnership their last recycling collection has and tartan on the tables as the hall with the council’s waste and been made at the end of March hosted a Burns Night. recycling collections partner FCC ready for the new collections The haggis was piped in to the Environment, means the single- starting. sounds of one of the ministers, use purple bag will no longer be Michael Heaslip, Executive Alistair Smeaton, playing the used for collecting glass, cans and member with responsibility for bagpipes. Toasts were given with plastic. Environmental Quality, said: the much enjoyed dram of whisky. The council is keen to keep “These changes are all about After the meal we enjoyed the changes as simple as possible. improving the service to the much loved Scottish tunes played Therefore, once the changes begin customer and having less impact by Alistair and his lovely wife. residents who currently use a small on the environment with the Everybody had a good time and we green bin for paper and card, will phasing out of the purple bags. managed to raise £400 towards the therefore use this small green bin However, we know how popular improvements of our hall. for glass, cans and plastic instead. the purple bags are, so that’s why A big thank you to all who There will be no need to bag the we’ve tried to make the new attended and we look forward to seeing more of you next year when we celebrate Burns Night again.